TheGoddessAnoia

I'm interested, but a bit reluctant. I find DuckDuckGo quite adequate for most things, except shopping online, something that I have to rely on for certain categories of items. How is Kagi on shopping?

That's definitely good to know, as there's a BIG Dollarama just 4 blocks from here!

Thanks for the tip. We tried Opti-rinse, also recommended at our dental clinic and sold there. However, we really didn't need it, as floridation is already covered by our toothpaste. Our clinic was recently bought by one of the investment companies that are taking over the dental and veterinary industries in Canada, and upselling is part of their business model. The mouthwash recommended by the previous commentor looks more like what we need.

I remember seeing the coverage at the time, and saying to a colleague that Ukraine was making a huge mistake. He scoffed at the idea a middle-aged woman, even one with degrees in highly relevant fields, could grasp geopolitics. And now I'm an old woman, thinking quietly, 'X, you were an idiot then, and you are an idiot now.'

Fastest turn around in Canadian history! Already ordered and paid for, and it is very competitively priced, too. Thank you so much!

Gee! Up here in Canada, we'd be delighted if he'd just... walk away. Preferably, say, due east from the Atlantic seaboard, wearing cement overshoes.

You were born into a highly social species. The basis of human society (and that of many other social species) is co-operation and mutual aid to increase the individual's chance of survival and reproduction, make life for group members easier and, at least since Neanderthals and Denisovians, longer, rather than, as Thomas Hobbes opined "nasty, brutish and short". While it is quite true that there are those who game the system to reap more than their share of the benefits while giving less or nothing back, overall, those who give more are more likely to 'earn' the respect of their fellows and gain the help they need to live as well as possible within whatever circumstances they find themselves.

Don't be too sure that the evil face no consequences. Until their book is finished and closed, you cannot know they will not wish once more to ride down the slope on Rosebud. I knew a woman who was the head nurse on a terminal ward for years -- to this day, I don't know how she did it. She told me one evening that, in all those years, no one had ever died wishing they'd made more money or achieved greater power, but many of the elite that passed through her ward died alone.

Thanks: that's gonna take some practise!

As an old Canadian socialist with the lumps to prove it, I agree. There is so much performance, and so little action. I spend time on reddit, trying to get keyboard warriors to understand that posting an opinion will not magically cause the fascist Administration to collapse and get a lot of "The media refuses to cover us!" bullpuckey. There are thousands of newsrooms in the USA that are not owned by billionaire tech bros or MAGA devotees (see, for example https://www.trustworthymedia.org/ › list-of-independent-media ) and most social media is still wide open to pictures and facts about your actions. If you are acting, let the independent media -- most but not all of whom are progressive, check first -- know and post your pictures (faces blurred if need be) and stories everywhere you can reach people.

Meantime, buy Canadian, buy local, or don't buy at all, at least it's something!

Alone: separate, apart, isolated from others; solo, without company; exclusively, uniquely; without aid or help. I don't see anywhere in the definitions in the OED, Merriam-Webster, or at Dictionary.com where it says your allies and/or companions have to be capable of winning the war alone. Most of the countries in the Empire declared war within 24 hours to one week after Britain did. The fact we lost tons of materiel and human lives to German submarines suggests rather strongly that, far from being alone, Britain was receiving materiel and soldiers well; before D-Day, The reality is that the partisans and resistance fighters, the colonial soldiers, the other nations also fighting on their fronts were all part of the same anti-Nazi alliance: Britain was emphatically not alone. It simply had the best orator and propagandist at the head of its government.

And, yes, you are right about the majority of Indian deaths being civilian. I admit I have always considered them with the soldiers because so many of them died of starvation when Britain confiscated their food for its own people.

At the moment, we are using Attitude. I miss the nuclear explosion mint in Sensodyne, but this protects the nerve endings well, which is critical, believe me. It's also vegan, which I am not, but that might appeal to others.

I'll do this starting NOW, if someone will just post a pronunciation guide! Please?